What some people have said about Americans
What some people have said about Americans
You can laugh, cry, or get angry, but don't get mad at me, I didn't say these things.
Sir Winston Churchill: "Americans will always try to do the right thing, after they've tried everything else."
When asked about American family dynamics, King of Britain Edward VIII replied: "The thing that impesses me the most about the American family is the way parents obey their children."
The famous novelist Charles Dickens was once asked about an American gentleman. HIs reply was: "I do not know the American gentleman. God forgive me for putting those two words together."
When American novelist Tom Clancy was asked about Bill Clinton, his reply was: "Billl Clinton is a man who thinks International Affairs means dating a girl from out of town."
Mark Twain, the father of American LIterature, once proclaimed: "God created war so that Americans would learn geography."
America's founding father, John Adams, once remarked: "In all my many years I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is American Congress."
Finally, a wise man once said: "America is a country where you can say whatever you want as long as no one is listening."
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I decided to not post this on my Great NON-POLITICAL Articles group because politicians made some of these comments. These days a lot of people around the world are probably saying things about Americans, some Americans in particular, so I guess what I posted above is topical.
Good quotes I guess. I dont know if there is much to say about any particular one of them.
It appears to me that except for you the American NT members are saying: "We are not amused." Guess I should have realized that generally people who are so serious about their politics would be too sensitive to take a joke.
l thought they were both funny and amusing.
Why did i just her that in QE II voice?
You have a good sense of humour, and it is a sign of maturity when you can laugh at yourself.
It was actually Queen Victoria who is purported to have said it.
They wouldn't be funny if they weren't true.
Although I'm not sure I agree that Mark Twain is the father of American literature.
Who is? Hemingway, or someone earlier than Samuel Clemens?
A couple for consideration would be James Fenimore Cooper , Last of the Mohicans and the leather stockings sagas in the early 1800s.
Another would Be Edgar Allen Poe predating Clemens .
Although I majored in English Literature for my B.A., being in Canada there was less focus on American Literature, although I did take at least one course in it.
I'd probably go with Hawthorne or Cooper. Both predate Twain, and The Scarlet Letter is probably the first American masterpiece.
I really need to get back to reading - got to break this internet addiction. I do watch an average of at least one movie a day.
We laugh at ourselves and others too!
That's healthy IMO.
"God created war so that Americans would learn geography."
(as an Australian)(I am a member of Postcrossing - exchange postcards with overseas members) I have lost count the number of times I have been to told by an (U.S)American that they thought Australia was a country in Europe, that was next to Germany and suffered a Nazi invasion in world war 2 !!!!
Evening Way..I was at Disneyland and an American family were behind us....I was talking away to my cousin when the guy behind us asked what language were we speaking?
I was somewhat confused with this and said English...he said oh I know that, but you talk funny...(Huh no we don't it's you mob that sound funny)...it dawned on me he meant the accent...said yes we speak English in Australia but I think he thought I said Austria...as he started asking about Europe..
I must have had another blank look on my face as his son said, Dad I think she said Australia you know kangaroos...we all had a good laugh about it..
He said we were the first Australians he had ever met..I think we made a lasting impression..🦘
I cried, I bled, I sweat and toiled for the American flag. Want to make fun, joke about it? I got two words for ya...
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I guess veterans just aren't welcome here anymore.
Only if they have no sense of humour and are incapable of taking a joke or laughing at themselves.
Writers and politicians used to come up with the best quotable quotes. Does that still happen in modern times
Funny stuff tho, don't know how I missed this when originally posted
Since they're mostly not about politics my articles/seeds garner little interest on NT, so they rarely stay visible on the Front (Home) Page for very long. You would have to check the Front (Home) Page every day to not miss them. Of course politics is probably the biggest draw for Americans, although there are some people who have other interests as well, Unfortunately, the proponderance of it to the exclusion of other topics is probably the reason NT is not growing, and could be losing active members faster than it is gaining them.